Sad-iron.



No; 820,643. PATBN'IED MAY 15, 1906.

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\J/QWW UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEro LIAMES M. HARPER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO HARPER SUPPLY CO., OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

SAD-IRON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 15, 1906.

Application filed March 29, 1905. Serial No. 252,629.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J AMEs M. HARPER, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sad-Irons, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that type of sadirons in which the handle is connected to the bodyin a separable manner, and. has for its object to provide a simple and efficient means for fastening the parts together in a readilydetachable manner, all as will hereinafter morefully appear and be more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation with parts in section on line 90 00, Fig. 2, of a sad-iron to which the present improvement is applied. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same on line x :13, Fig. 1.

Similar numerals of reference indicate like parts in both views.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is the sad-iron body, preferably formed with a marginal ledge 2, extending up a distance from its smoothing-surface, as usual in the present type of sad-irons.

3 is a cap fitting over the sad-iron body 1 to inclose the same with its lower edge adapted to have adjacent relation to the marginal ledge 2 aforesaid.

4 is a handle or grip fixedly connected to the cap 3 in any usualmanner, preferably by an intermediate yoke-piece 5, as shown.

The material feature of the present improvement involves a fastening means for the handled cap to the sad-iron body and comprises a construction as follows: 6 represents studs or pins projecting laterally from the sides of the sad-iron body 1 and located at the mid-length of the same. 7 represents counterpart hooks pivoted at the mid-length of the cap 3 by a transverse pintle 8, with their lower portions formed with open-sided slots 9, adapted to engage the respective studs 6 aforesaid. 10 represents angular extensions at the upper ends of said hooks. Such extensions are preferably connected in an integral manner at their outer ends by a transverse web, as shown in Fig. 2, to afford a conhooks venient means for the passage of the screws or rivets by which the transverse operating bar or handle 11 is connected to the counterpart hooks 7 aforesaid and by means of which the hooks are moved in unison to engage with or disengage from the lateral studs 6 in the practical use of the sad-iron. 12 represents depending portions at the lower ends of the hooks aforesaid, adapted for engagement with recesses 13, formed in the marginal ledge 2 of the body 1, to assist in preventing independent lateral shifting of one part of the sad-iron with relation to the other.

In the present invention, as illustrated in the drawings, the hooks 7 are arranged inside the cap 3, while the manipulating portions of the hooks are arranged outside said cap and pass through slots in the crown or top ofsaid cap.

Having thus fully described my-said' invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of a sad-iron body provided with lateral studs on its sides, the said body having a lower marginal ledge formed with recesses in its upper side midway the length of the body, a handled cap adapted to "envelop said body, and a pair of counterpart ivoted at the mid-length of the cap with t eir lower ends adapted for engagement with the aforesaid recesses, the said hooks having near their lower ends opensided slots for engagement with the aforesaid studs and at their upper ends angular extensions and an operating-handle, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of a sad-iron body provided with lateral studs on its sides, a handled cap adapted to envelop said body, and a pair of counterpart hooks pivoted inside the cap midway the length of the same, said hooks having near their lower ends opensided slots for engagement with the aforesaid studs and at their upper ends angular extensions and an operating-handle, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of a sad-iron body provided with lateral studs on its sides, the said body having a lower marginal ledge formed with recesses in its upper side midway the ICO length of the body, a handled cap adapted to ends angular extensions and an operatingenvelop said body, and a pair of counterpart handle, substantially as set forth. 1o

hooks pivoted inside the cap midway the Signed at Chicago, Illinois, this 18th day of length of the same with their lower ends March, 1905.

adapted for engagement with the aforesaid JAMES M. HARPER. recesses, the said hooks having near their Witnesses-r lower ends open-sided slots for engagement ROBERT BURNS,

with the aforesaid studs and at their upper M. H. HOLMES. 

